Happy weekend everybody. I’m popping in quickly to share more inspiration from Whimsy Stamps (WS) first release of the year! It is packed with Valentine / love related products. However, I decided to stretch the new Love Heart die to create a sweet winter card instead.
Used the die to die cut from alcohol marker friendly cardstock and then coloured the background with RV55 Copic Sketch marker. Coloured a piece of scrap with the same marker and white heat embossed the sentiment from Simple Sentiment Strips on it. The pink snowy background is from my favourite Blurry Flurries 6x6 paper pack.
The image from Sheltering Love was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, coloured with Copic Sketch markers then die cut out with its matching die.
Copic Sketch markers used:
Accessories - BG10, BG11, BG13, BG15, BG09
Bears - W00, W1, W3, W5
Cheeks - R81
Used the Stitched Border Die Trio to die cut a snowy ground. Assembled the card onto a white card base and added shading beneath the image with C00, C1, C3, and C5 Copic Sketch markers to finish.
Had not planned on making a second card, but then I was inspired by wood carving. Didn’t have any wood backgrounds in my supplies (will have to remedy that 😉*lol*), so created it by die cutting Kraft cardstock with the Slimline Fence die set. For dimension, applied Gathered Twigs distress ink (DI) to them. The wood strips were then attached to printer paper slightly smaller than A2 size before die cuttimg the Love Heart from the centre of it.
Die cut the Love Heart from a scrap of Kraft paper and coloured the letters with Gathered Twigs DI. Adhered the wood background to a sand colour card base, then used the negative to help inlay the letters into the open space to finish. This looked better in my head. 😂*lol*
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that's such a cool retro Love die and your winter Hugs and Kisses card is adorable
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet winter card, Trina! The mama bear and the cubs are so cute, and I love the fun and creative design of the heart LOVE! The Kraft heart on the wood background is unique and interesting. Both cards will warm any receiver's heart.
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That Love die is just a must have and both your cards give it justice! Amazing wooden-style background in the second one, well done stretching your stash to make it!! The bears family is SO cute, fabulous colouring (I’m always afraid to use grays for shades!!) and sweet background!
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Your LOVE heart is so cool. Reminds me of the 70's :) So sweet paired with the adorable bears. And LOVE that background paper. The die looks amazing done in wood too! Great design for both cards, Trina! xx
ReplyDeleteOMG these are just AWESOME! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons Challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back again soon.
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Great choice of snowy background paper for that gorgeous heart! Love the sweet little bears! And the second card is a perfect masculine Valentine with the wood strips and kraft heart.
ReplyDeleteThis Love heart is fantastic and I love how you've colored it for winter with the sweet polar bear family! The wood plank background works beautifully for a masculine card too!
ReplyDeleteThe love heart is groovy! These are both just terrific, Trina!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!! Thanks so much for participating in our CRITTER CRAZY challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!!
ReplyDeleteDeanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper
This scene is so sweet. I love this beautiful heart made of the word LOVE.
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Such gorgeous cards, Trina. Thanks for sharing your wonderful creativity with us at The Four Seasons Challenge. We love seeing your wonderful art linked up in our challenges and we hope that you will join us again soon.
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